McGill University graduate student Tim Blais' video Bohemian Gravity! has been viewed more than 1.5 million times since he uploaded it on Sept. 16 and got it shared by former Star Trek actor George Takei.

Several overlapping frames of Blais harmonizing with himself build throughout the song as the musical scientist delves into the theory that all matter and energy is composed of tiny, one-dimensional objects known as strings.

He poses the burning question that few of us understand enough to have ever asked:

"Space is a pure void, why should it be stringy?"

He'll tell you why.

Apparently, re-writing the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody into a complex scientific explanation of string theory is a tough job. Blais told CTV on Friday that he spent more than a year on the project, which he described as "massive."